Bill Text: NY S07738 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Increases the penalty for leaving the scene of an incident without reporting.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-14 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S07738 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S07738-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7738 IN SENATE February 14, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to leaving the scene of an incident without reporting The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph c of subdivision 2 of section 600 of the vehicle 2 and traffic law, as amended by section 4 of part AAA of chapter 59 of 3 the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows: 4 c. A violation of the provisions of paragraph a of this subdivision 5 resulting solely from the failure of an operator to exhibit his or her 6 license and insurance identification card for the vehicle or exchange 7 the information required in such paragraph shall constitute a class B 8 misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than two hundred fifty nor 9 more than five hundred dollars in addition to any other penalties 10 provided by law. Any subsequent such violation shall constitute a class 11 A misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred nor 12 more than one thousand dollars in addition to any other penalties 13 provided by law. Any violation of the provisions of paragraph a of this 14 subdivision, other than for the mere failure of an operator to exhibit 15 his or her license and insurance identification card for such vehicle or 16 exchange the information required in such paragraph, shall constitute a 17 class A misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred 18 dollars nor more than one thousand dollars in addition to any other 19 penalties provided by law. Any such violation committed by a person 20 after such person has previously been convicted of such a violation 21 shall constitute a class E felony, punishable by a fine of not less than 22 one thousand nor more than two thousand five hundred dollars in addition 23 to any other penalties provided by law. Any violation of the provisions 24 of paragraph a of this subdivision, other than for the mere failure of 25 an operator to exhibit his or her license and insurance identification 26 card for such vehicle or exchange the information required in such para- 27 graph, where the personal injury involved (i) results in serious phys- 28 ical injury, as defined in section 10.00 of the penal law, shall consti- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00472-05-8S. 7738 2 1 tute a class [E] D felony, punishable by a fine of not less than one 2 thousand nor more than five thousand dollars in addition to any other 3 penalties provided by law, or (ii) results in death shall constitute a 4 class [D] C felony punishable by a fine of not less than two thousand 5 nor more than five thousand dollars in addition to any other penalties 6 provided by law. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 8 it shall have become a law.
